Friday Filosophy – A Special from D.K.
A list of sayings to enjoy from a very talented friend and colleague.
A Farmer’s Advice
- Always drink upstream from the herd.
- Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight and bull-strong.
- Always keep skunks, bankers and lawyers at a distance.
- Life is simpler when you plow around the stump.
- A bumble bee is considerably faster than a John Deere tractor.
- Words that soak into your ears are whispered…not yelled.
- Meanness don’t just happen overnight.
- Forgive your enemies. It messes up their heads.
- Never corner something that you suspect could be meaner than you.
- It don’t take a very big person to carry a grudge.
- You cannot unsay a cruel word.
- Every path has a few puddles.
- When you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty.
- The best sermons are lived, not preached.
- Most of the stuff people worry about ain’t never gonna happen anyway.
- Never judge folks by their relatives.
- Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
- Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you’ll enjoy it a second time.
- Don’t interfere with something that isn’t bothering you.
- Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.
- If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging.
- Sometimes you get, and sometimes you get got.
- The biggest troublemaker you will ever have to deal with watches you from the mirror every morning.
- Good decisions come from experience, and a lot of experience comes from bad judgment.
- Letting the cat out of the bag is a whole lot easier than putting’ it back in.
- If you get to thinkin’ you’re a person of some influence, try orderin’ somebody else’s dog around.
- Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God.